The executive chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), Mr Ayodele Subair, has said about 70 per cent of the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) comes from taxes paid by individuals and organisations doing business in the metropolis. Mr Subair made this disclosure when he received the Managing Director of New Telegraph Newspapers, Mr…
THE leadership of Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria, JDWAN, yesterday, suspended its seven days strike, over alleged extortion by officials of the Lagos State Park and Garages Management on major roads in the state. The suspension is pending further resolutions of the matter, as some members of the group said they won’t resume until…
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday said it is not relying on the crisis in the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to win the 2023 presidential election. Festus Keyamo (SAN) the Minister of Labour and Employment and Chief Spokesperson of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign in an interview with DAILY INDEPENDENT said…
Please be informed that NIN and BVN do not guarantee to keep an MTN phone number for life. As already informed, [b]a line with no revenue-generating activity for 360 days will be disconnected/recycled.However, you can activate the Keep My Number service to avoid disconnection. A Line With No Revenue-generating Capacity In 1 Year Will Be Disconnected –…
The five fraudsters convicted by Justice Zuwaira Yusuf are Salim Mohammed Sarki; Sani M. Auwalu; Bashir Bashir Nasidi; Aliyu Mika’il Muhammed and Yahaya Abdullahi Abubakar, popularly known as Shoki. A High Court in Kano State, Nigeria has convicted and sentenced five Nigerian men to two weeks imprisonment and ordered them to sweep the premises of the…
After losing the 2019 Kogi State Governorship election having employed all means to win the election, the then aspirant of the Social Democratic Party, Natasha Akpoti’s next shady deal was to wrongly accuse political analyst, Reno Omokori, of romance, she dropped the allegation almost immediately to avoid legal actionsThree years later, the lawyer who never won…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released photographs of some of the items retrieved from a gang that hacked one of the commercial banks in the country. Daily Trust had reported how Ismaila Atumeyi, a candidate for the Kogi State house of assembly, was arrested in Abuja. The politician seeking to represent Ankpa 11…
Three out of four suspects who gang-raped a 13-year-old girl have been arrested in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspects identified as Sunday, Emelie, and Chiedu, all co-tenants of the victim’s father, have been handed over to the Nigerian Police in Awka, the state capital. The fourth suspect identified as Nwa Aw?, is…
The wife to the Commander of the Commandant General’s Special intelligence Squad, Deputy Commandant Apollos Dandaura, was Kidnapped Wednesday orevening and his younger brother shot in Lafia, the capita of Nasarawa State. Our correspondent learnt that the younger brother of Deputy Commandant, Apollos Dandaura, is currently receiving treatment at a private Hospital in Lafia and is…
FGN’s Sanctioning and blocking of TBN’S Bank Account TBN Global Leadership has been notified that its bank account with keystone Bank has been unjustifiably blocked by a government order. We see this development as an act of political persecution, suppression and intimidation from the powers that be to stop this youth driven grassroots movement from…